While there probably is a good article or book to be written about Southern baseball in general, that's not what we're doing today. We're looking at the Southern Conference, or SoCon for short. There are two schools here that don't sponsor varsity baseball. Furman, which was just recently in the news for their big win over Virginia, dropped baseball in 2020. A victim of the pandemic, I suppose. Chattanooga hasn't had baseball since 1980, so I have less hope they will be making a comeback. That leaves us with eight teams playing baseball in the SoCon, and here they are. Citadel BulldogsStadium: Riley Park Capacity: 6000 Opened: 1997 Dimensions: 305 LF, 398 CF, 337 RF Surface: Bermuda Grass SoCon Championships: 13 (1960, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010) SoCon Tournament Championships: 8 (1990, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010) National Titles: 0 East Tennessee St. BuccaneersStadium: Thomas Stadium Capacity: 1000 Opened: 2012 Dimensions: 325 LF, 400 CF, 325 RF Surface: FieldTurf SoCon Championships: 2 (1980, 1981) SoCon Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 Mercer BearsStadium: OrthoGeorgia Park Capacity: 1500 Opened: 1962 Dimensions: 330 LF, 400 CF, 320 RF Surface: Grass SoCon Championships: 0 SoCon Tournament Championships: 1 (2015) National Titles: 0 Samford BulldogsStadium: Griffin Field Capacity: 1000 Opened: 1958 Dimensions: 338 LF, 385 CF, 335 RF (Measured in Google Maps) Surface: Grass SoCon Championships: 1 (2019) SoCon Tournament Championships: 3 (2012, 2018, 2021) National Titles: 0 UNC-Greensboro SpartansStadium: UNCG Baseball Stadium Capacity: 889 Opened: 1999 Dimensions: 340 LF, 405 CF, 340 RF Surface: Grass SoCon Championships: 2 (1998, 2018) SoCon Tournament Championships: 2 (2017, 2022) National Titles: 0 VMI KeydetsStadium: Gray-Minor Stadium Capacity: 1400 Opened: 2007 Dimensions: 325 LF, 380 CF, 333 RF (Measured in Google Maps) SoCon Championships: 1 (1988) SoCon Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 Western Carolina CatamountsStadium: Hennon Stadium Capacity: 1500 Opened: 1978 Dimensions: 325 LF, 390 CF, 325 RF Surface: Bermuda Grass SoCon Championships: 13 (1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2013, 2014) SoCon Tournament Championships: 10 (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2016) National Titles: 0 Wofford TerriersStadium: King Field
Capacity: 833 Opened: 2004 Dimensions: 325 LF, 390 CF, 325 RF Surface: Grass SoCon Championships: 2 (2021, 2022) SoCon Tournament Championships: 1 (2007) National Titles: 0 Comments are closed.
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